“As a highly valued member of the Bond community, John’s wisdom and leadership will
be greatly missed by his colleagues, friends and students – indeed, a great loss to the
University.” 

Prof Robert Stable, Vice-Chancellor, Bond University, November 2010. 

John Lessing, former Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of South Africa, had
interests and expertise in corporate law and securities regulation. 

He co-authored Volume 4 (Companies) of the encyclopaedic The Law of South Africa (1982,
Butterworths) and co-edited three editions of the Company Legislation Handbook and the
Handboek vir Maatskappywetgewing (1988-1990, Digma). Professor Lessing published a number
of articles in the corporate law area and co-edited a book Corporate Insolvency Law
(1995, Tax and Corp Res Centre) with fellow Bond University colleague Professor Jim
Corkery. 

He presented academic papers on many occasions, including at conferences organised by the
Australian Securities and Investment Commission, the Corporate Law Teachers'
Conference and the Australasian Law Teachers Association. Professor Lessing was also the
Law Faculty representative on the Academic Senate and a member of the university's
risk management committee. 

Articles

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The Checks and Balances of Good Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance eJournal (2009)

Good corporate governance requires a range of regulatory checks and balances - or mechanisms -...

 

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Resisting a hostile takeover: the Lion Nathan bid for Coopers Brewery (with Renaee Johns), Law papers (2006)

Lion Nathan Ltd (Lion Nathan), Australia’s second largest brewer, through its subsidiary Lion Nathan Australia...

 

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Law in society: The corporate governance debate, The National Legal Eagle (2003)

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Corporate governance has to do with the way in which companies are managed...

 

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Overview of the CLERP Reforms Regarding Fundraising and Takeovers , Bond Law Review (1999)

One of the main aims of the fundraising and takeover provisions in the Corporations Law...

 

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Institutional Investors: Will We See Greater Cooperation Between Them Regarding Corporate Governance?, Bond Law Review (1998)

A recent exemption granted by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission enables institutional investors to...